Picture books with mathematical content

Why use picture books in a maths class? Using picture books with mathematical content can be an effective way to engage students and explore problems within entertaining contexts. (read more)

Level 1 number

Pete the Cat and his four groovy buttons, by Eric Litwin Publisher: Harper ISBN: 9780062110589 Activity based on this book.
Description	Pete the cat loses this buttons… or does he? Includes a very catchy song keeping track as the buttons pop off.
Mathematics	Subtraction to 5.
Minnie's diner: A multiplying menu, by Dayle Ann Dodds Publisher: Candlewick (2004) ISBN: 9780763633134 Activity based on this book.
Description	Through the repeated refrain of “Make it a double!” a family of brothers reveals the power of multiplication as they order from the menu at Minnie’s Diner.
Mathematics	Doubles.
Equal shmequal, by Virginia Kroll Publisher: Charlesbridge ISBN: 1570918929 Activity based on this book.
Description	A mouse explores what it means to be equal using the concept of balance.
Mathematics	Meanings of equals.
Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book, by Paul Giganti, Jr. Publisher: William Morrow ISBN: 068813985X
Description	A collection of maths puzzles which children can explore using counting, addition or multiplication.
Mathematics	Counting/Multiplicative thinking.
The very hungry caterpillar, by Eric Carle Publisher: Puffin Books ISBN: 0140569324
Description	Tells the story of a caterpillar's week, as it eats its way through various food, forms a cocoon and then turns into a butterfly.
Mathematics	Counting sequence to five. Days of the week.
Ten apples up on top!, by Dr Seuss Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books ISBN: 9780679892472
Description	A dog, a tiger, and a lion, compete to see how many apples they can balance on their heads.
Mathematics	Numbers to 10.
How many kisses do you want tonight?, by Varsha Bajaj Publisher: Koala Books ISBN: 9780316067355
Description	The question “how many kisses do you want tonight?” is asked and answered by young animals and children.
Mathematics	Numbers to 10.
One bear lost, by Karen Hayles and Jenny Jones Publisher: Parragon Books ISBN: 9781407591421
Description	Ten bears leave the group one at a time, until one is left on his own.
Mathematics	Backwards number sequence from 10.
Give me half!, by Stuart J. Murphy Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780064467018
Description	Two children learn how to share one or two food items between them fairly.
Mathematics	Halving, including fraction notation.
Little Quack's Hide and Seek, by Lauren Thompson Publisher: Pocket Books ISBN: 9781416903253
Description	Five little ducks play hide and seek from their Mother. One at a time they hide linking in subtraction.
Mathematics	Subtraction.
123 with Millvy - Numbers in English Publisher: InnovoNZ Limited ISBN: 978-0473-54030-2
Description	Follow Millvy as he gathers friends and food for a big New Year’s Day beach party, counting along the way.
Mathematics	Numbers to 10 and counting.

Level 1 algebra

Level 1 geometry

A lion in the night, by Pamela Allen Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton ISBN: 9780140509397 Activity based on this book.
Description	A lion steals a baby from the castle and takes her on a wild ride through the night. The members of the court have to follow the lion's path.
Mathematics	Directions and pathways.
Perfect Square, by Michael Hall Publisher: Greenwillow ISBN: 9780061915130
Description	A square reinvents itself over the week as it changes shape through a series of misadventures.
Mathematics	2D shape.
They all saw a cat, by Brendan Wenzel Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 9781452150130
Description	This book follows the adventures of one cat, and how perspective shapes what we see. In this case, how cats look very different depending on your point of view.
Mathematics	Position and orientation, and spatial awareness.

Level 1 measurement

Ernest, by Catherine Rayner Publisher: MacMillan ISBN: 9780230712553 Activity based on this book.
Description	Ernest the Moose is TOOO big to fit in this regular size book and after many attempts to squish in, he and his friend come up with a solution: increase the area of the book. Now he fits perfectly.
Mathematics	Area and size.
Guess how much I love you, by Sam McBratney Publisher: Walker Books ISBN: 9781406342864 Activity based on this book.
Description	Little Nut Brown Hare discovers it is difficult to measure love using his experiences with length and height.
Mathematics	Length and non standard units.
Tall, by Jez Alborough Publisher: Walker Books ISBN: 1406301736
Description	Comparison of height of animals.
Mathematics	Relative size.
Diary of a Baby Wombat, by Jackie French Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 9780007351756
Description	The daily life of a baby wombat.
Mathematics	Time.

Level 1 statistics

Probably pistachio, by Stuart J. Murphy Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0064467341 Activity based on this book.
Description	Over a day Jack discovers the meanings of certain, likely and possible.
Mathematics	Probability, vocabulary.
That’s A Possibility, by Bruce Goldstone Publisher: Henry Holt & Company ISBN: 0805089985
Description	Introduces children to the ideas of something being possible, probable, or impossible. Each spread features an easy-to-understand scenario such as dice rolling, with questions about probable outcomes and simple explanations.
Mathematics	Probability, vocabulary.

Level 2 number

365 Penguins, by Jean-Luc Fromental and Joelle Jolivet Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 9780810944602 Activity based on this book.
Description	On day one a penguin turns up, day by day the numbers grow.
Mathematics	Time, factors, grouping.
The biggest number in the universe, by Julie Leibrich Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand ISBN: 1869436024 Activity based on this book.
Description	A girl borrows a very large number from her neighbour to take to school with her, but it does not work out as she plans.
Mathematics	Different types of numbers.
One is a snail, ten is a crab: A counting feet book, by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre Publisher: Walker (2004) ISBN: 1844281647 Activity based on this book.
Description	When you are counting by feet then 1 is a snail and 2 is a person and 4 is a dog! This book uses the number of feet on various animals to be the units by which numbers can be expressed.
Mathematics	Part whole and multiplicative thinking, number combinations.
One hundred hungry ants, by Elinor J. Pinczes Publisher: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780395971239 Activity based on this book.
Description	A group of ants explores arrays for 100 as they try to find the fastest way to get to the picnic.
Mathematics	Multiplication, arrays.
A remainder of one, by Elinor J. Pinczes Publisher: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780618250776 Activity based on this book.
Description	A group of 25 marching bugs assemble themselves in various arrays trying to get to even rows and not have a remainder.
Mathematics	Division, arrays.
Mr Chicken Goes to Paris, by Leigh Hobbs Publisher: Allen and Unwin ISBN: 9781741757699 Activity based on this book.
Description	A hilarious story where Mr. Chicken goes to visit Paris. Full of incidental maths conversations.
Mathematics	Arrays, grouping.
The great divide: A mathematical marathon, by Dayle Ann Dodds Publisher: Candlewick ISBN: 9780763615925 Activity based on this book.
Description	80 competitors begin a marathon. The number remaining is systematically halved until 5 remain.
Mathematics	Halving.
How much is a million?, by David Schwartz Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780688040499
Description	The relative size of large numbers is explored with pictures and interesting facts.
Mathematics	Numbers 1 million to 1 trillion.
The Warlord's Beads, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1565548639
Description	A story that describes the creation of an abacus as a way to manage a systematic count.
Mathematics	Counting, number systems, multiples.
Spaghetti and Meatballs for all, by Marilyn Burns Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780545044455
Description	Mr. and Mrs. Comfort need to arrange the tables and chairs to ensure all their guests have a seat.
Mathematics	Division, multiplication, equal shares.
Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book, by Paul Giganti, Jr. Publisher: William Morrow ISBN: 068813985X
Description	A collection of maths puzzles which children can explore using counting, addition or multiplication.
Mathematics	Counting/Multiplicative thinking.
Math-terpieces, by Greg Tang Publisher: Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780439443883
Description	With reference to words of art the reader is challenged to combine numbers to 10.
Mathematics	Combining numbers to 10.
I'll teach my dog 100 words, by Michael Frith Publisher: Random House ISBN: 0394826922
Description	As the boy teaches his dog 100 words, the progress is tracked.
Mathematics	Numbers to 100.
Bears on wheels, by Stan and Jan Berenstain Publisher: Random House ISBN: 9780394809670
Description	An adventure with bears stacking in different combinations as they ride bikes.
Mathematics	Combinations of numbers to 10.
Divide and ride, by Stuart J. Murphy Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780590214278
Description	A group of 11 friends explore seating arrangements on carnival rides.
Mathematics	Division with remainders.
Earth day - hooray!, by Stuart J. Murphy Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780060001292
Description	A group of children learn about place value as they attempt to collect 5000 cans to recycle.
Mathematics	Place value.
Too many kangaroo things to do!, by Stuart J. Murphy Publisher: Steck-Vaughn Company ISBN: 9780739825617
Description	Australian animals multiply. Add the things they have to do.
Mathematics	Multiplication and addition.
Give me half!, by Stuart J. Murphy Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 978006447018
Description	Two children learn how to share one or two food items between them fairly.
Mathematics	Halving, including fraction notation.
The Warlord's Puppeteers, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 158980077X
Description	The characters must come to grips with the concept of proportion as they create new puppets.
Mathematics	Proportion, fraction.
Eat Your Math Homework- Recipes for Hungry Minds, by Ann McCallum Publisher: Charlesbridge (2011) ISBN: 9781570917806
Description	A collection of recipes each illustrating a mathematical idea and with suggestions for further explorations and including fun facts. For example explore tessellation with a brownie recipe, probability with trail mix, or Fibonacci's sequence with fruit kebabs.
Mathematics	Algebra, probability, fractions.

Level 2 algebra

One is a snail, ten is a crab: A counting feet book, by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre Publisher: Walker (2004) ISBN: 1844281647 Activity based on this book.
Description	When you are counting by feet then 1 is a snail and 2 is a person and 4 is a dog! This book uses the number of feet on various animals to be the units by which numbers can be expressed.
Mathematics	Number patterns.
Wild Fibonacci - Nature's secret revealed, by Joy Hulme Publisher: Tricycle Press ISBN: 9781582463247 Activity based on this book
Description	An introduction to the Fibonacci number sequence and its presence in the animal world, such as in the curve of beaks and claws.
Mathematics	Number patterns.

Level 2 geometry

The greedy triangle, by Marilyn Burns Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks ISBN: 9780545042208 Activity based on this book.
Description	A story about a triangle that wants to change its number of sides.
Mathematics	Features of shapes.
My Map Book, by Sara Fanelli Publisher: Walker Books ISBN: 9780060264550 Activity based on this book.
Description	A look at mapping from a variety of perspectives including the neighbourhood, family map, and a bedroom.
Mathematics	Maps.
Perfect Square, by Michael Hall Publisher: Greenwillow ISBN: 9780061915130
Description	A square reinvents itself over the week as it changes shape through a series of misadventures.
Mathematics	2D shape.
They all saw a cat, by Brendan Wenzel Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 9781452150130
Description	This book follows the adventures of one cat, and how perspective shapes what we see. In this case, how cats look very different depending on your point of view.
Mathematics	Position and orientation, and spatial awareness.

Level 2 measurement

Counting on Frank, by Rod Clement Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) ISBN: 039570393X Activity based on this book.
Description	A boy asks and answers questions such as "how long a line will my ball point pen draw?", and "how many humpback whales would fit in my house?"
Mathematics	Measurement. Enlargement.
Diary of a worm, by Doreen Cronin Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 006000150X Activity based on this book.
Description	A juvenile worm keeps a journal over several weeks documenting the events of his life.
Mathematics	Time, date, months.
Get up and go!, by Stuart J. Murphy Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9780064467049
Description	The dog uses a simple timeline to track the time taken by a little girl as she gets ready to go to school.
Mathematics	Addition with time. Timelines.
The Warlord's Fish, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1565549643
Description	A story about the creation of a compass to assist the characters in finding their way home after being lost in a storm. Describes pathways, direction and workings of a compass.
Mathematics	Compass direction.
Jim and the Beanstalk, by Raymond Briggs Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 9780140500776
Description	Jim befriends the giant and needs to measure him up for some new glasses and teeth.
Mathematics	Length.
Henry's Map by David Elliot Publisher: Random House (2013) ISBN: 9781775533306
Description	"Henry is a particular sort of pig" and in an effort to record the proper place for everything on the farm he sets out to create a map. A great story about representing a 3-D environment in a 2-D map and ground views and bird's eye views.
Mathematics	Simple maps.

Level 2 statistics

Lemonade for sale, by Stuart J. Murphy Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780064467155 Activity based on this book.
Description	The kids club track the success of their lemonade stall by graphing their sales for a week.
Mathematics	Bar graphs.
That’s A Possibility, by Bruce Goldstone Publisher: Henry Holt & Company ISBN: 0805089985
Description	Introduces children to the ideas of something being possible, probable, or impossible. Each spread features an easy-to-understand scenario such as dice rolling, with questions about probable outcomes and simple explanations.
Mathematics	Probability, vocabulary.

Level 3 number

On beyond a million, by David M. Schwartz Publisher: Dragonfly Books ISBN: 0440411777 Activity based on this book.
Description	This is a counting book based on the powers of ten. The place value house names are revealed as the powers climb.
Mathematics	Place value, large whole numbers.
How much is a million?, by David Schwartz Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780688040499 Activity based on this book.
Description	The relative size of large numbers is explored with pictures and interesting facts.
Mathematics	Numbers 1 million to 1 trillion.
Math curse, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith Publisher: Viking Juvenile ISBN: 9780670861941 Activity based on this book.
Description	A child sees the maths problems in everything in their daily life.
Mathematics	Problems linked to multiple aspects of mathematics.
The Warlord's Beads, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1565548639 Activity based on this book.
Description	A story that describes the creation of an abacus as a way to manage a systematic count.
Mathematics	Counting, number systems, multiples.
Spaghetti and Meatballs for all, by Marilyn Burns Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780545044455 Activity based on this book.
Description	Mr. and Mrs. Comfort need to arrange the tables and chairs to ensure all their guests have a seat.
Mathematics	Division, multiplication, equal shares.
The great divide: A mathematical marathon, by Dayle Ann Dodds Publisher: Candlewick ISBN: 9780763615925
Description	80 competitors begin a marathon. The number remaining is systematically halved until 5 remain.
Mathematics	Halving.
Takahē maths, by Julie Ellis Publisher: OneTree House ISBN: 9780995117518
Description	Tells the story of changes to takahē population numbers using both text and equations.
Mathematics	Addition and subtraction of multi-digit numbers.
Math-terpieces, by Greg Tang Publisher: Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780439443883
Description	With reference to words of art the reader is challenged to combine numbers to 10.
Mathematics	Combining numbers to 10.
Divide and ride, by Stuart J. Murphy Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780064467100
Description	A group of 11 friends explore seating arrangements on carnival rides.
Mathematics	Division with remainders.
Earth day - hooray!, by Stuart J. Murphy Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780060001292
Description	A group of children learn about place value as they attempt to collect 5000 cans to recycle.
Mathematics	Place value.
A million dots, by Andrew Clements Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9780689858246
Description	The book contains 1 million dots exactly and presents a picture of just how large this set really is! Along the way interesting facts are revealed as the large numbers are presented.
Mathematics	Place value, large whole numbers.
Great estimations, by Bruce Goldstone Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780312608873
Description	A non-fiction introduction to training your eyes to estimate the size of sets using photographs of different kinds of objects in different contexts.
Mathematics	Estimation, rounding, multiplying.
The Warlord's Puppeteers, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 158980077X
Description	The characters must come to grips with the concept of proportion as they create new puppets.
Mathematics	Proportion, fraction.
Eat Your Math Homework- Recipes for Hungry Minds, by Ann McCallum Publisher: Charlesbridge (2011) ISBN: 9781570917806
Description	A collection of recipes each illustrating a mathematical idea and with suggestions for further explorations and including fun facts. For example explore tessellation with a brownie recipe, probability with trail mix, or Fibonacci's sequence with fruit kebabs.
Mathematics	Algebra, probability, fractions.

Level 3 algebra

Fifty-five feathers, by Ben Brown Publisher: Reed ISBN: 9781869486839 Activity based on this book.
Description	Pukeko goes searching for donations from the other native birds to make a cloak for her friend Gecko.
Mathematics	Sums of number sequences.
The rabbit problem, by Emily Gravett Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9781442412552 Activity based on this book.
Description	The Fibonacci sequence is explored by a family of rabbits over the course of one year.
Mathematics	Number patterns.

Level 3 geometry

The warlord's puzzle, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1565544951 Activity based on this book.
Description	The geometric puzzle, the tangram, is explored in the context of a challenge issued by an ancient Chinese warlord to put a tile broken into 7 pieces back together again.
Mathematics	Shape.
A cloak for the dreamer, by Aileen Friedman Publisher: Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780590489874 Activity based on this book.
Description	The tailor's three sons explore shapes that fit together as they make cloaks for the Archduke.
Mathematics	Tesselation.
Zoom, by Istvan Banyai Publisher: Puffin ISBN: 9780140557749
Description	A wordless book that explores magnification and enlargement.
Mathematics	Transformation.
Re-Zoom, by Istvan Banyai Publisher: Puffin ISBN: 9780140556940
Description	A wordless book that explores magnification and enlargement
Mathematics	Transformation.
The Emperor's Army, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589806905
Description	The discovery of the Terra-cotta Army provides the main character with the opportunity to uncover the mystery of its creation and explore the concept of volume.
Mathematics	Volume, space.
The Warlord's Kites, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589801806
Description	The characters use their understanding of how to calculate area as a way to create kites and frighten away and invading army.
Mathematics	Area, 2-D shape.

Level 3 measurement

Belonging, by Jeannie Baker Publisher: Walker Books ISBN: 9781406305487 Activity based on this book.
Description	A wordless book that depicts the first 24 years of a person’s life documenting the changes that occur within her room, her life and outside in her community.
Mathematics	Time, years, decades.
Counting on Frank, by Rod Clement Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) ISBN: 039570393X
Description	A boy asks and answers questions such as "how long a line will my ball point pen draw?", and "how many humpback whales would fit in my house?"
Mathematics	Measurement. Enlargement.
The Emperor's Army, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589806905
Description	The discovery of the Terra-cotta Army provides the main character with the opportunity to uncover the mystery of its creation and explore the concept of volume.
Mathematics	Volume, space.
The Warlord's Kites, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589801806
Description	The characters use their understanding of how to calculate area as a way to create kites and frighten away and invading army.
Mathematics	Area, 2-D shape.
Zachary Zormer shape transformer, by Joanne Reisberg Publisher: Charlesbridge ISBN: 9781570918766
Description	A interactive pop-up book that gives a humourous account of the history of the universe and evolution of life on earth.
Mathematics	Area, length, perimeter.
The Warlord's Fish, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1565549643
Description	A story about the creation of a compass to assist the characters in finding their way home after being lost in a storm. Describes pathways, direction and workings of a compass.
Mathematics	Compass direction.
The Warlord's Messengers, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589802713
Description	As a deadline looms the characters must use their knowledge of rate and velocity to insure they arrive at the banquet on time.
Mathematics	Rate, speed.
The Warlord's Alarm, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589803787
Description	In a time without clocks, the characters have to find a way to create an alarm that ensures they wake up in time. The answer is a water clock!
Mathematics	Time, rate.

Level 3 statistics

Uno’s garden, by Graeme Base Publisher: Penguin Viking ISBN: 0670041912 Activity based on this book.
Description	Uno arrives in the forest and is surrounded by a diversity of animals and plants. As the human population grows in one pattern it affects the other populations in other patterns.
Mathematics	Populations.
A very improbable story, by Edward Einhorn Publisher: Charlesbridge ISBN: 9781570918728 Activity based on this book.
Description	A humourous exploration of probability that happens when Ethan wakes up to find a cat on his head. Set up several investigations of odds and develops statistical vocabulary.
Mathematics	Probability and chance.

Level 4 number

The number devil: A mathematical adventure, by Hans Magnus Enzensberger Publisher: Granta Books ISBN: 9781862078284 Activity based on this book.
Description	Follow 12 year-old Robert as he does battle with his attitude to maths each night in his dreams as he is visited by The Number Devil. An illustrated novel that presents complex (and simple) mathematical concepts in engaging ways.
Mathematics	Number, algebra, sequence, prime, squares, decimals.
Big numbers, by Mary and John Gribbin Publisher: Wizard Books ISBN: 1840464313 Activity based on this book.
Description	An illustrated series of short non-fiction articles on topics involving very large and very small numbers. It all depends on what you’re measuring.
Mathematics	Measurement, large numbers, decimals, million, time size, distance.
Math curse, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith Publisher: Viking Juvenile ISBN: 9780670861941
Description	A child sees the maths problems in everything in their daily life.
Mathematics	Problems linked to multiple aspects of mathematics.
Murderous maths numbers: the key to the universe, by Kjartan Poskitt Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9781407107110
Description	One of the Murderous Maths large series of humourous non-fiction books that explore the world of mathematics with cartoons, engaging and quirky contexts and diagrams. Filled with puzzles and problems and “no boring sums!”.
Mathematics	Number, algebra, bases, sequences, calculation.

Level 4 algebra

The rabbit problem, by Emily Gravett Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9781442412552 Activity based on this book.
Description	The Fibonacci sequence is explored by a family of rabbits over the course of one year.
Mathematics	Number patterns.

Level 4 geometry

Re-Zoom, by Istvan Banyai Publisher: Puffin ISBN: 9780140556940 Activity based on this book.
Description	A wordless book that explores magnification and enlargement
Mathematics	Transformation.
A cloak for the dreamer, by Aileen Friedman Publisher: Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780590489874
Description	The tailor's three sons explore shapes that fit together as they make cloaks for the Archduke.
Mathematics	Tesselation.
Zoom, by Istvan Banyai Publisher: Puffin ISBN: 9780140557749
Description	A wordless book that explores magnification and enlargement.
Mathematics	Transformation.
The Emperor's Army, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589806905
Description	The discovery of the Terra-cotta Army provides the main character with the opportunity to uncover the mystery of its creation and explore the concept of volume.
Mathematics	Volume, space.
The Warlord's Kites, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589801806
Description	The characters use their understanding of how to calculate area as a way to create kites and frighten away and invading army.
Mathematics	Area, 2-D shape.

Level 4 measurement

The Emperor's Army, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589806905 Activity based on this book.
Description	The discovery of the Terra-cotta Army provides the main character with the opportunity to uncover the mystery of its creation and explore the concept of volume.
Mathematics	Volume, space.
The Warlord's Kites, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589801806 Activity based on this book.
Description	The characters use their understanding of how to calculate area as a way to create kites and frighten away and invading army.
Mathematics	Area, 2-D shape.
The Warlord's Messengers, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589802713
Description	As a deadline looms the characters must use their knowledge of rate and velocity to insure they arrive at the banquet on time.
Mathematics	Rate, speed.
The Warlord's Alarm, by Virginia Walton Pilegard Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 1589803787
Description	In a time without clocks, the characters have to find a way to create an alarm that ensures they wake up in time. The answer is a water clock!
Mathematics	Time, rate.

Level 4 statistics

If the world was a village: A book about the world’s people, by David J. Smith Publisher: Kids Can ISBN: 1550747797 Activity based on this book.
Description	This book asks the reader to shrink that population to 100 people, a village, keeping the proportions intact and imagine what the village looks like.
Mathematics	Populations, percentages.
World Watch Publisher: Harper Collins (2012) ISBN: 9780007488223
Description	Collins has compiled a wide range of statistics about world populations and presented them in a colourful and engaging way with info-graphics representing the proportional relationships within the data. Statistics on population, education and health, economy, environment and development are presented. It includes tables of individual countries data and a glossary.
Mathematics	Statistics, graphs, percentages.

Picture books with mathematical content

Level 1 number

Pete the Cat and his four groovy buttons, by Eric Litwin

Minnie's diner: A multiplying menu, by Dayle Ann Dodds

Equal shmequal, by Virginia Kroll

Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book, by Paul Giganti, Jr.

The very hungry caterpillar, by Eric Carle

Ten apples up on top!, by Dr Seuss

How many kisses do you want tonight?, by Varsha Bajaj

One bear lost, by Karen Hayles and Jenny Jones

Give me half!, by Stuart J. Murphy

Little Quack's Hide and Seek, by Lauren Thompson

123 with Millvy - Numbers in English

Level 1 algebra

Level 1 geometry

A lion in the night, by Pamela Allen

Perfect Square, by Michael Hall

They all saw a cat, by Brendan Wenzel

Level 1 measurement

Ernest, by Catherine Rayner

Guess how much I love you, by Sam McBratney

Tall, by Jez Alborough

Diary of a Baby Wombat, by Jackie French

Level 1 statistics

Probably pistachio, by Stuart J. Murphy

That’s A Possibility, by Bruce Goldstone

Level 2 number

365 Penguins, by Jean-Luc Fromental and Joelle Jolivet

The biggest number in the universe, by Julie Leibrich

One is a snail, ten is a crab: A counting feet book, by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre

One hundred hungry ants, by Elinor J. Pinczes

A remainder of one, by Elinor J. Pinczes

Mr Chicken Goes to Paris, by Leigh Hobbs

The great divide: A mathematical marathon, by Dayle Ann Dodds

How much is a million?, by David Schwartz

The Warlord's Beads, by Virginia Walton Pilegard

Spaghetti and Meatballs for all, by Marilyn Burns

Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book, by Paul Giganti, Jr.

Math-terpieces, by Greg Tang

I'll teach my dog 100 words, by Michael Frith

Bears on wheels, by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Divide and ride, by Stuart J. Murphy

Earth day - hooray!, by Stuart J. Murphy

Too many kangaroo things to do!, by Stuart J. Murphy

Give me half!, by Stuart J. Murphy

The Warlord's Puppeteers, by Virginia Walton Pilegard

Eat Your Math Homework- Recipes for Hungry Minds, by Ann McCallum

Level 2 algebra

One is a snail, ten is a crab: A counting feet book, by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre

Wild Fibonacci - Nature's secret revealed, by Joy Hulme

Level 2 geometry

The greedy triangle, by Marilyn Burns

My Map Book, by Sara Fanelli

Perfect Square, by Michael Hall

They all saw a cat, by Brendan Wenzel

Level 2 measurement

Counting on Frank, by Rod Clement

Diary of a worm, by Doreen Cronin

Get up and go!, by Stuart J. Murphy

The Warlord's Fish, by Virginia Walton Pilegard

Jim and the Beanstalk, by Raymond Briggs

Henry's Map by David Elliot

Level 2 statistics

Lemonade for sale, by Stuart J. Murphy

That’s A Possibility, by Bruce Goldstone

Level 3 number

On beyond a million, by David M. Schwartz

How much is a million?, by David Schwartz

Math curse, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

The Warlord's Beads, by Virginia Walton Pilegard

Spaghetti and Meatballs for all, by Marilyn Burns

The great divide: A mathematical marathon, by Dayle Ann Dodds

Takahē maths, by Julie Ellis

Math-terpieces, by Greg Tang

Divide and ride, by Stuart J. Murphy

Earth day - hooray!, by Stuart J. Murphy

A million dots, by Andrew Clements

Great estimations, by Bruce Goldstone

The Warlord's Puppeteers, by Virginia Walton Pilegard

Eat Your Math Homework- Recipes for Hungry Minds, by Ann McCallum